Railway-car journal-bearing construction



July 9, 1929b 5, w c s m I 1,720,457

RAILWAY CAR JOURNAL BEARING CONSTRUCTION Filed March 12, 1928 lt ntentetl duly h narnwnr can ZllIBURNAIbI-lllltltlhllh UtflhllllllhtUtl'llItlll.

application filed March 12, was.

ilily invention relates to railway car journal hearing constructions, particularly to mine our journal constructions. lt has itor its principal objects a construction in which the hearingsare entirely protected from dirt and in which the lubricant is retained inthe bearings, and a construction in which the'car wheel may be removedwithoutdisturbing the adjustment ot the hearings.

The invention consists principally in adjustahlymounting a railway car wheel on a hearing housing member and securing the car wheel. to said bearing housing member in such a way as not to interfere with the ad justincnt ot the hearings, The invention l'urther consists in the railway car journal construction and in the parts and combinations and arrangements ot parts hereinatter described and claimed The accompanying drawing is a longitudinal sectional view oil a railway car journal construttion embodying my invention.

The reduced end portion 1 oil a mine car or other railway car axle 2 extends into a housing El and an anti-friction hearing is interposed hetween said housin and the car aide. llhe bearing illustrated in the drawing coin-- prises two taper roller bearings each consisting of? a hearing cup 4 mounted against a rib 5 in the here cit the hearing housing 3 a cone ll mounted on the reduced end portion 1 of the axle fl bearing rollers l interposed between the cup l and cone ti and a cage 8 for the bearing rollers 7.

'lhe innermost hoaringcone 6 abuts against a ring 9; that is mounted against aishouldcr 10 on the axle l and that tits closely in the end ol the bore of the housing member 3, thereby preventing egress of lubricant and ingress of "toreign matter. The outermost hearing cone '6 is held hy means of a nut ll on the end of the axle. lhe cones 6 are disposed with their small ends towards each other and both bearings are adjusted and held in position by means of the adjusting nut ll The outer surface ol the hearing housing 3 is conical and the inner end ot' the hearing housing (that is, the end adjacent to the car body) is provided with an annular tlange l2. lhe hub portion 13 of the car wheel l4 has a tapered hore fitting on the conical body of the hearing housing 3 and screws 15 extend renal llo. aeonaa.

ing through said llange and into threaded holes in the hub portion of the wheel serve to draw thewheel tightly onto the hearin g housing" and hold it in position. The outer portion of the hub l3 is provided with a cap portion 16, said cap portion being illustrated in the drawings as integral with the body of the hub of the wheel. The cap portion may he provided with a lubricant opening that may be closed by means oil a threaded plug as indicated in dotted lines in the drawing;

The bearings may be adjusted at the lactory when the axle bearings and bearing housings are assembled. The wheel may then be mounted on the hearing housing and secured in position without disturbing the adjustment; ot the hearings; and the wheel may likewise be removed without disturbing the bearing adjustment. it lubricant enclosure is formed in the bearing housing and hub of the wheel.

rl hat ll claim. is:

L A railway car journal hearing construction comprising an aide, a housing tor the end of said axle said housing having a conical outer surface and having an annular llange at its inner end an anti-traction bearing interposed between said axle and said housing, a car wheel having a hub with a conical bore titted on said conical housing and screws extending through said housing flange into the hub of the wheel to secure the wheel in place.

2. it railway car jolirnal hearing construction comprising an axle. a housing for the end of said axle, said housing having a conical outer surtace and having an annular flange at its inner end, an anti-friction hearing interposed between said axle andsaid housing, a car wheel having a hub with a conical bore fitted on said conical housing, screws extend ing through said housing llange into the hub ol the wheel to secure the wheel in place, said wheel huh having an integral cap constituting a closure for one end of said housing, and a closure ring'lor the otherend of said housmg,

3 it railway car journal hearing construe-- tion comprising an aide, a housing tor the end olsaid aide. said housing having a conical outer surtace and having an annular flange at its inner end said housing also having an internal annular flange taper roller hearings till interposed between said axle and said housing, the outer bearing members of said taper roller bearings being seated in said housing against said flange and the inner bearing members being mounted on said axle, means for securing said inner bearing members on said axle, a car wheel having a hub with a conical bore fitted on said conical housing and screws extending through said housing flange into the hub of the wheel to secure the wheel in place.

'Signed at Canton, Ohio, this 8th day of March, 1928.

SAMSON M. VVECKSTEIN. 

